lvz2cruz Posted December 6, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 6, 2016 HAL will be docking at the main docks in St. Thomas known as West Indian or the Havensight mall docks. I haven't seen anything on here and have been to STT so many times I don't go to their ports board, so thought it would be helpful to share here. I think many will prefer this to Crown Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take us away Posted December 6, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) wow - what a nice change. For those who want to see who is in port and at which dock, here is the website: **********/cruise/ship-schedule/ The stars are vinow dot com (no clue why CC did this...) which you can also access thru http://www.whatsinport.com/US-Virgin-Islands.html Edited December 6, 2016 by take us away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 6, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 6, 2016 We docked there on the Koningsdam last week. I asked a port person and they want to only use that dock if at all possible to consolidate resources. Tour companies complained about having two different destinations when one could hold all ships for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKcruiser Posted December 6, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 6, 2016 That's great news. We much prefer Havensight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 6, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2016 HAL will be docking at the main docks in St. Thomas known as West Indian or the Havensight mall docks.I haven't seen anything on here and have been to STT so many times I don't go to their ports board, so thought it would be helpful to share here. I think many will prefer this to Crown Bay. Where did you get your information? HAL signed a contract a number of years ago to dock at Crown Bay. Will this be for all ships or just the Koningsdam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted December 6, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Crown Bay is a satisfactory dock, but Havensight is the one I prefer. There is shopping available at Crown Bay. But, the last time I was at Havensight, there was MUCH more shopping available there. it is a long and relatively uninteresting taxi/shuttle ride from Crown Bay to downtown; fairly short from Havensight. If one is a "walker". it is possible to walk to downtown from Havensight. Doing so from Crown Bay would take much time and not be as safe, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvz2cruz Posted December 6, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Where did you get your information? HAL signed a contract a number of years ago to dock at Crown Bay. Will this be for all ships or just the Koningsdam? Royal Caribbean has a contract to dock at Crown starting January 1. I read about it on the Celebrity boards a while ago. If you look at vinow, you will see starting in January Celebrity docks at Crown and HAL docks at WICO/Havensight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted December 6, 2016 #8 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Royal Caribbean has a contract to dock at Crown starting January 1. I read about it on the Celebrity boards a while ago. If you look at vinow, you will see starting in January Celebrity docks at Crown and HAL docks at WICO/Havensight. From a personal point of view, I hope you are correct! That is good news to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxmantoo Posted December 6, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Excellent news. Havensight is much better and closer to downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted December 6, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 6, 2016 When will they begin docking at Havensight?. I'v acutally gotten used to docking at Crown Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadarocks Posted December 6, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I contacted the port agency and a private tour operator in St Thomas and they both assured me that our January HAL cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam will dock at Havensight. Great news as we've never docked there. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted December 6, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Royal Caribbean has a contract to dock at Crown starting January 1. I read about it on the Celebrity boards a while ago. If you look at vinow, you will see starting in January Celebrity docks at Crown and HAL docks at WICO/Havensight. Allure and Oasis have dockedc at Crown Bay for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 7, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 7, 2016 When will they begin docking at Havensight?. I'v acutally gotten used to docking at Crown Bay They already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted December 7, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Royal Caribbean has a contract to dock at Crown starting January 1. I read about it on the Celebrity boards a while ago. If you look at vinow, you will see starting in January Celebrity docks at Crown and HAL docks at WICO/Havensight. i like the poximity to YaCHt hAVEN Marina and shops. (next to Havensight Wewatched for years while they built it and were happy with the product as we saw it shortly after c ompletion. Edited December 7, 2016 by sail7seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelleherdl Posted December 7, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 7, 2016 We stayed a week at the Marriott Frenchman's Cove last month. It is AMAZING to watch cruise ships arriving and leaving Havensight. The channel is only a couple hundred yards offshore from Frenchman's Reef hotel. The channel to Crown Bay uses a separate channel. Our regular cab driver did tell us that HAL was moving back to Havensight with start of this season. They know everything. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKcruiser Posted December 7, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The contract that HAL signed for Crown Bay was for 10 years and I think the 10 years was up in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWhit Posted December 7, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I was in St Thomas last week on a RCL cruise, and there were two HAL ships in port. One was docked at Havensight, the other at Crown Bay. Neither was the Koningsdam. I think the Crown Bay ship was the Eurodam, and the Havensight ship was the Oosterdam, but I could be wrong there. We are sailing on the Koningsdam in March, and I hope we get Havensight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take us away Posted December 7, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 7, 2016 To see which ship docks where on each date, check out the St Thomas port website: **********/cruise/ship-schedule/ The stars are vinow dot com (no clue why CC did this...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWhit Posted December 8, 2016 #19 Share Posted December 8, 2016 To see which ship docks where on each date, check out the St Thomas port website: **********/cruise/ship-schedule/ The stars are vinow dot com (no clue why CC did this...) Thanks! That shows the Koningsdam at haven sight, like I was hoping! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted December 9, 2016 #20 Share Posted December 9, 2016 This change hurts me a great deal. I was planning to take the ferry from the Crown Point Marina to Water Island, and this will make it much more difficult. It was an easy 5 minute walk before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted December 9, 2016 #21 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I was in St Thomas last week on a RCL cruise, and there were two HAL ships in port. One was docked at Havensight, the other at Crown Bay. Neither was the Koningsdam. I think the Crown Bay ship was the Eurodam, and the Havensight ship was the Oosterdam, but I could be wrong there. We are sailing on the Koningsdam in March, and I hope we get Havensight. What about Princesss? didn't they sign the Crown Bay contract about the same time as HAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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